Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 31
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Engage with Northern Ireland officials through existing structures, ensuring Section 75 compatibility.
Recommendation
In the future, the DLUHC must make sure that its engagement with officials in Northern Ireland is compatible with section 75 of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, so 42 Funding for Levelling Up that in the absence of an Executive, officials in Northern Ireland are able to engage with the DLUHC. For this reason, the DLUHC must avoid needlessly reinventing the parameters for engaging with stakeholders in Northern Ireland and instead engage with them through existing structures to avoid these challenges in the future. (Paragraph 106) Local growth
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